# JoelGMSec/AutoRDPwn

The Shadow Attack Framework

Repository: https://github.com/JoelGMSec/AutoRDPwn
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/autordpwn
Homepage: https://darkbyte.net
Language: PowerShell
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: powershell, rdp, shadow, attack, pentesting, red-team, windows
Last push: 2022-09-04T20:44:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2957, "days_push": 1459, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1118, forks 497 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:39.142379+00:00)

## What it is
AutoRDPwn is a PowerShell post-exploitation framework that automates the RDP Shadow attack on Windows, letting an attacker view or control a victim's desktop using native OS tools. It includes additional modules for remote shells, hash dumping, and keylogging via a multilingual menu.

## Use cases
- automate RDP shadow session attacks on Windows
- view or control a remote Windows desktop during pentests
- get a reverse shell on a Windows machine
- dump system hashes with Mimikatz
- run post-exploitation modules from a reverse shell
- pivot between compromised Windows machines

## When to choose
- you are doing authorized red-team or pentest work against Windows targets
- you want to leverage native Windows RDP shadowing without third-party tools
- you need a menu-driven PowerShell post-exploitation framework with extra modules

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained tool - the latest release dates to 2022
- you are not working on Windows or without PowerShell 4.0+
- you lack authorization to test the target systems
- you need stealth against modern EDR, as the technique is well known and monitored

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, penetration-testing, cli, workflow-automation
- domain: security, penetration-testing, windows
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: red-team, post-exploitation, rdp-shadow-attack, powershell-framework, remote-desktop

## Member repositories
- JoelGMSec/AutoRDPwn (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:39.142379+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:41:27.194408+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JoelGMSec/AutoRDPwn (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:39.142379+00:00, sha 353ccbf070bd)
  - homepage: https://darkbyte.net (fetched 2026-08-29T12:45:14.446053+00:00, sha 2f5d295c8fb7)
  - site_page: https://darkbyte.net/aboutme (fetched 2026-08-29T12:45:14.454934+00:00, sha 2ad6fd47b1c1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.